Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-11-24
MISUNDERSTANDING SESSION.

THURsDAY-MORNING SESSION.
Meeting called to order at 9 0 clock
Ill present.
J. w. MORRISON presented a commun-
ication from j. NJ Curry, former
treasurer of the town of Lima, calling
the attention of the board to the fact that
he had made good to the county loss
of 1878. lost in the failure of the Platte
Vile bank, having mortgaged his farm
to raise the amount, and thought the
county should reimburse him in part.
This money was deposited in his own
name, and he received g. interest on it.
Mr.. BARTLEY thought this was mat
ter for the town of Lima to consider,
and moved that the communication be
laid on the table. Carried
A communication to the chairman
from Hon. A. Z. Elmore, president of
the State Board of Charities and Reform
was read, and ordered to be published
with the proceedings Of the board. The
communication was as follows:
Fort HOWARD, Nov. Is, 1887
Friend Ryiand When | saw you
last, Oct. 9th, in Lancaster, promised
TO write you about your Jail, and have
delayed it for the reason that the Mich
igan men had so much to say about our
County Insane Asylums and particularly
the Grant Co. Insane dining room, that
| was anxious, if | could. to meet with
your Board of Supervisors this week.
and talk with them Just five minutes.
| wanted to go with them TO the Asy-
lum aud see the patients at the table
eating meal, and know | should see
on their faces a glow Of manly pride
that Grant county had such place and
that they, some of them at least, had
helped to make it what it is. You can
not know how proud | have felt for
Grant county and for Wisconsin, when
| heard the Michigan men talk; when
they declared most emphatically that
our County Asylums were better. than
those of the state for the purpose de-
signed. Those men. remember, are
experts; have had experience and know
what they are talking about You,
friend Ryland, have had something of a
struggle in Grant county to get such
an Asylum as you have, the cheapest
in the state for the real worth there is
in il and in five years more it will be
more than paid for and interest in addi-
ton, with what the county will have
saved, and been paid by the state. One
or two other reasons why | wanted to
see your board at the Asylum:
! have valued friends III Your Board,
Kidd Day, and others, who have given
mid and comfort to the State Board of
Charities. when il was appreciated. and
we have had to combat all the preiu-
dees of the people, and the seltishness
added of many others, and we have
succeeded despite it all. and | feel that
| have the right to be proud. On the
31st of March next it will be, if live,
seventeen 40 years that / have occu-
pied a position on the State Board of
Charities, and when my time as menu
bcr thereof expires, and viii be within
TWO months of "a years old. | do not
like the idea of having people saving
! am an old fossil and have outlived my
usefulness. and am not certain that if 4
reappointment was rendered me by the
governor | would accept it. | know
have assisted IN doing some good TO the
unfortunates in our state and that our
iails poor houses and saylums are
greately improved.
was glad the Michigan men did not
have time to visit your jail. For the
paltIy sum of ten dollars, sheets enough
can be purchased 70 last a year. and
would much rather have paid that sum
out of my own pocket for them than
have any stranger visit your Jail and |
see the beds in their present perhaps
should write-thep condition
For appearance sake, if for nothing |
else, get white cotton sheets and put on |
the beds.
The heating apparatus at the Jail /
wants looking after. When | was there
morning cold--very good fire in the
furnace; but no hot air, no warmth
came up the register in the jail. Please